Francisc Spielmann (; 10 July 1916 – 21 November 1974) was a

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and

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ethnicity who played as a striker at international level for Romania and Hungary.

Career

Spielmann begin his football career in 1926, at

Stăruința Oradea Stăruinţa Oradea (Hungarian: Nagyváradi Törekvés; English: Perseverance) was a Romanian football club from Oradea. They reached the final round of the Romanian football championship five times in the 1920s. Stăruinţa Oradea was founded in ...

. In 1934, he appeared in the colors of

CA Oradea Club Atletic Oradea (Nagyváradi Atlétikai Club) (), commonly known as CA Oradea (Nagyváradi AC), or simply as CAO (NAC), is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Oradea, Bihor County, which competes in the Liga IV. The team ...

and immediately became a member of the silver medal team. In 1940 he made a short break to

UD Reșița UD or ud may refer to: Companies * UD Trucks, a Japanese truck manufacturer * United Devices, a commercial distributed computing company * United Distillers, a whiskey holding company * Upper Deck, a manufacturer of collectibles and trading car ...

and then he returned to

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

, which was already in the Hungarian Championship. He was a member of the 1943-44 Hungarian Champion and the 1948-49 Romanian Champion. He was top-scorer for NAC in their Hungarian title-winning season, with 23 goals; he was also the Hungarian player of the year. In 1950, he was put on a free agent list overnight. He returned to his first football club,

, which was named Metalul Oradea, in the county championship. He managed to move up two classes with the team and retired in 1953.

International career

Between 1939 and 1949 he played 11 times for

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

and scored 4 goals. In the meantime, between 1940 and 1943 he was a member of the

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

team. He went on track for seven times and scored 3 goals.

Personal life

Spielmann was born in Oradea of Romanian German descent.

Honours

Player

;CA Oradea *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

(1): 1943–44 *

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

(1): 1948–49

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* * 1916 births 1974 deaths Romanian people of German descent Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Hungarian people of German descent Hungarian people of Romanian descent Footballers from Oradea Romanian men's footballers Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Club Atletic Oradea players CSM Reșița players Stăruința Oradea players Liga I players Liga II players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Romania men's international footballers Hungary men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) Romanian football managers AS Înfrățirea Oradea managers Hungarian football managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub